Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650 (New Approaches to the Americas) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650 (New Approaches to the Americas) Book

Noble David Cook explains, in vivid detail and sweeping scope, how the conquest of the New World was achieved by a handful of EuropeansVnot by the sword, but by deadly disease. The Aztec and Inca empires with their teeming millions were destroyed by a few hundred Europeans whose most important weapons, though the conquerors did not realize it at the time, were diseases previously unknown in the Americas. The end result of the colonizing experience in the Americas, whether of the Portugese, Dutch, Spanish, English, or French, was the collapse of native society.Read More

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  • 0521627303
  • 9780521627306
  • Noble David Cook
  • 13 February 1998
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 268
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